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Alberto Iglesias

Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias talks to Matthew about his career including his many collaborations with director Pedro Almodovar. Their new film Pain and Glory is out this week.

Composer Alberto Iglesias has worked extensively with legendary Spanish director Pedro Almodovar since the late nineties, scoring All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education, Volver, The Skin I Live In, and Julieta. Their latest collaboration Pain and Glory, starring Antonio Banderas as an ageing auteur is released in the UK this weekend.

Alberto studied music in his home city of San Sebastian, Paris and Barcelona. He cites Stravinsky and Debussy as his biggest influences and has written for the concert stage and ballet.

He talks to Matthew about working in Europe with Almodovar as well as other regular collaborators Julio Medem and Iciar Bollain, and in Hollywood where he's been Oscar nominated for The Constant Gardener, The Kiterunner, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

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Sat 24 Aug 2019 15:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Alberto Iglesias

    Bad Education (2004) - Opening Titles

    Orchestra: London Session Orchestra.
    • La Mala Educaci贸n (Banda Sonora Original).
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • Alberto Iglesias

    All About My Mother (1999) - Title Track

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Klemens.
    • Todo Sobre Mi Madre (Original Soundtrack).
    • Universal.
    • 7.

  • Alberto Iglesias

    Volver (2006) - Las Vecinas

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Volver (Original Soundtrack).
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Alberto Iglesias

    The Skin I Live In (2011) - El Asalto del Hombre Tigre

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Alberto Iglesias 鈥庘�� Archipielago: A Film Music Retrospective.
    • Quartet Records.
    • 19.

  • Alberto Iglesias

    Sex and Lucia (2001) - Me Voy a Morir de Tanto Amor

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Alberto Iglesias 鈥庘�� Archipielago: A Film Music Retrospective.
    • Quartet Records.
    • 5.

  • Alberto Iglesias

    Ma Ma (2015) - Que vaya todo bien

    Performer: Alberto Iglesias.
    • Alberto Iglesias 鈥庘�� Archipielago: A Film Music Retrospective.
    • Quartet Records.
    • 20.

  • Alberto Iglesias

    The Kite Runner (2007) - Opening Credits

    Orchestra: Hollywood Studio Symphony. Conductor: Michael Nowak.
    • The Kite Runner (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Edge Music.
    • 1.

  • Alberto Iglesias

    The Constant Gardener (2005) - Funeral

    Orchestra: London Session Orchestra.
    • The Constant Gardener - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Higher Octave.
    • 10.

  • Alberto Iglesias

    Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy (2011) - George Smiley

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen.
    • 1.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Psycho (1960) - Main Title

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • Psycho (Complete Music For Alfred Hitchcock's Classic Suspense Thriller).
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.
    • 1.

  • Alberto Iglesias

    Yuli (2018) - Ballet Classes

    Performer: Alberto Iglesias.
    • Yuli (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Quartet Records.
    • 6.

  • Alberto Iglesias

    Pain and Glory (2019) - End Credits

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Alberto Iglesias 鈥庘�� Dolor y Gloria (un film de Almodovar).
    • Quartet Records.
    • 26.

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 Aug 2019 15:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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